A first look at IronRuby — We've been working very hard over the past couple of months to get our first source code release ready. I'm happy to announce today the first drop of the IronRuby source code. IronRuby is licensed under very liberal terms as set out by the Microsoft Permissive License.

First Look at IronRuby — Over the last few years we've been working to make .NET and the CLR a great environment for dynamic languages. About 14 months ago we formed a dedicated group within my team that has been focused on adding richer CLR runtime support for dynamic languages …

What should be America's national broadband strategy? — (This diary will remain at the top of the page for the next day. New content will continue to appear below. For example, check out Mike's piece on Bloggers and Donors, as well as my new piece on Republicans to Blame for World's Major Problems - promoted by Adam Bink)

The unforking of KDE's KHTML and Webkit — There is one major web rendering engine that grew entirely out of the open source world: KHTML is KDE's web renderer which was built from the ground up by the open source community with very little original corporate backing.

XM and Sirius unveil plans for postmerger price drops — update If the proposed merger of XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio goes through, the combined company plans to offer packages of channels at reduced rates, including a 50-channel offering that's almost half the price of today's lowest-price option.

Podcasters Unite to Figure Out a Role for Ads — The term "podcasting" has perplexed consumers ever since it was introduced. — Confusion has reigned on the business side of podcasts, too. — Few consumers will pay to receive podcasts — audio files that exist on the Web, and can be automatically sent to a person's computer.

Class War: MySpace Vs. Facebook — A flurry of recent articles have observed that young people are leaving MySpace for Facebook in droves, setting off speculation that MySpace is becoming the latest victim of fickle teens following the hot new thing. — Not so, says University of California, Berkeley, researcher Danah Boyd.

Why Feedburner is trouble, day 2 — Saturday's post about Feedburner was much-discussed, and that's good. The most common rebuttal was the user's ability to opt out. If you don't like it you don't have to use Feedburner. But that's not any kind of a rebuttal. Let me illustrate.

AT&T Video Share Arrives in Nearly 160 Markets Nationwide — First-Ever Service in U.S. Enables Live Video Sharing for Users While on Wireless Voice Call — SAN ANTONIO, July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Ever wish you could let friends and family back home see the sights of your vacation while you're enjoying them?